The return of Martin Guerre

Movie
German title	The return of Martin Guerre
Original title	Le Retour de Martin Guerre
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1982
length	122 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Daniel Vigne
script	Jean-Claude Carrière , Daniel Vigne
production	Daniel Vigne
music	Michel Portal
camera	André Neau
cut	Denise de Casabianca
occupation
Gérard Depardieu : Arnaud de Tihl Nathalie Baye : Bertrande de Rols Maurice Barrier : Pierre Guerre Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu : Martin Guerre Rose Thiéry : Raimonde de Rols Chantal Deruaz : Jeanne Maurice Jacquemont : Judge Rieux Roger Planchon : Jean de Coras Philippe Babin : Jacques Stéphane Pean : Martin Guerre (young) Sylvie Méda : Bertrande de Rols (young)
synchronization

The return of Martin Guerre (original title: Le Retour de Martin Guerre ) is a French feature film by the director Daniel Vigne from 1982. The historical film is based on a true story that happened in France in the mid-16th century and was made by the film studios Dussault, France 3 and Société Française de Production .

action

One day a man appears in the small French village of Artigat who claims to be Martin Guerre , who had disappeared eight years earlier . The entire village and even Bertrande, Martin Guerre's wife, recognize him and accept him into their community. Years later, doubts arise about the man's identity: Soldiers passing by claim that it is not Martin Guerre, but a certain Arnaud, a friend of Martin who fought with him in the war. Martin Guerre himself had a leg amputated after a battle.

When the alleged Martin finally wants to claim his inheritance from his uncle Pierre Guerre, the latter files a lawsuit against him in order to expose him as a fraudster. The lawsuit is initially unsuccessful. It was only when Pierre Guerre forced Bertrande to co-sign the indictment that the trial began. The statements of the various witnesses are not clear. Only when the real Martin Guerre enters the courtroom does the stranger admit his deception and admit that he is actually Arnaud from Thil. Arnaud is executed the next day for his crime. In a conversation with the judge, Bertrande confesses that she knew Arnaud's true identity, but that out of love she did not betray him.

Remarks

In 1993 an American remake was made under the title Sommersby with Richard Gere and Jodie Foster in the leading roles.

criticism

The film-dienst saw in The Return of Martin Guerre an "exciting court chamber play" and at the same time a "obvious example of the difficulty of finding the truth, the interchangeability of identities and the imponderability of feelings". The result was a film that was “[f] ormally traditional, with convincing actors and great care in the craft”.

Awards

Daniel Vignes historical drama was nominated in 1983 in four categories for the most important French film award, the César , and was awarded for Best Original Screenplay, Alain Nègres Production Design and Michel Portal's Film Music. The two actors Gérard Depardieu and Nathalie Baye were preferred in the actor categories for other productions. Depardieu was Best Actor for Andrzej Wajda's film biography of Danton nominated, while Nathalie Baye with her third César in a row for the lead role in Bob Swaims crime drama La Balance - The betrayal was awarded. Costume designer Anne-Marie Marchand received a nomination for her work on The Return of Martin Guerre at the 1984 Academy Awards , but had to admit defeat to Marik Vos-Lundh ( Fanny and Alexander ). A year later, the French production was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for best foreign language film, but had to give way to Carlos Saura's opera adaptation Carmen .

Oscar 1984

• nominated in the Best Costumes category

British Academy Film Awards 1985

• nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category

César 1983

• Best original script
• Best production design
• Best film score
• nominated in the category Best Young Actor (Dominique Pinon)

Further

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1984

• Best foreign film

National Society of Film Critics Awards 1983

• Best Actor (Gérard Depardieu)

The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

synchronization

role	actor	Voice actor
Arnaud de Tihl	Gérard Depardieu	Wolfgang Pampel
Bertrande de Rols	Nathalie Baye	Heidi Schaffrath
Jean de Coras	Roger Planchon	Herbert Stass
Uncle Pierre Guerre	Maurice Barrier	Horst Schön

See also

• History of the historical Martin Guerre
• Martin Guerre (Musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil)

Web links

• The Return of Martin Guerre in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The return of Martin Guerre. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 1, 2018 .  
2. ↑ The return of Martin Guerre. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on August 1, 2018 .